Abstract
Evaluation of the shoulder can be a difficult and confusing task for many reasons. This book is meant to serve as a guide to physical examination of the shoulder through illustration and demonstration of the most important pathoanatomy, procedural elements, and clinical data involved with the examination process. It is our goal to provide the reader with the means to accurately and efficiently perform the shoulder examination with confidence and accuracy.
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Warth, R.J., Millett, P.J. (2015). About This Book. In: Physical Examination of the Shoulder. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2593-3_1
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